AMESBURY ENTERTAINMENT LLC v. CROTEAU

No. 99-CV-12073-MEL.

77 F.Supp.2d 174 (1999)

AMESBURY ENTERTAINMENT LLC, Plaintiff, v. William J. CROTEAU, Debra P. Dow, Esther F. Headley, Thomas K. Iacobucci, Leonard W. Johnson, Jr., Gerard Nolan, Alice Mainville, Albert B. Sears, Jr., Joseph E. Faro, as they Constitute the Amesbury Municipal Council, and the Town of Amesbury, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris M. Goldings, Mahoney, Hawkes & Goldings, Boston, MA, for plaintiff.

Jonathan M. Silverstein, Richard P. Bowen, Kopelman & Paige, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND DECISION

LASKER, District Judge.

Amesbury Entertainment, LLC has applied to the Town of Amesbury for an entertainment license, which will involve "nude dancing." The Supreme Court has held that "nude dancing ... is expressive conduct within the outer perimeters of the First Amendment, though we view it as only marginally so." Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U.S. 560, 566, 111 S.Ct. 2456, 115...

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